Advisory Opinions Library
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Advisory Opinion 95-049 95-049If Olmsted County Community Services maintains data about an individual, are legally authorized representatives of that individual entitled to gain access to those data, upon request, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chap…
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Advisory Opinion 95-048 95-048Are the data contained in the itemized legal bills, from January 1995 to the present, from the law firm of Holmes and Graven [sic] to the City of Lauderdale, public data?
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Advisory Opinion 95-047 95-047Is the Duluth Detoxification Center subject to Chapter 13? Was the Duluth Detoxification Center Acting in compliance with Minnesota law when it disseminated, to the Duluth Police Department, the results of T's Prelimina…
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Advisory Opinion 95-046 95-046Did H's supervisor act in compliance with Chapter 13 when he disseminated data about H (an employee of Minneapolis Community College) to persons not employed by Minneapolis College? Did H's supervisor act in compliance …Data subjects Educational data Informed consent Personnel data #Data necessary for administration and management of programs (13.05, subd. 3) #Entity determination under 13.072 #Intergovernmental access (13.05, subd. 9) #Necessary to administer a program authorized by law (13.05, subd. 3) #Performance data/evaluations
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Advisory Opinion 95-045 95-045Is the District obligated to release to the public its attorney's investigator's report concerning alleged misconduct by a District employee?
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Advisory Opinion 95-044 95-044Does a copy charge of $10.00 per photograph represent the
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Advisory Opinion 95-043 95-043Does a copy charge of $1.00 per page represent the
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Advisory Opinion 95-042 95-042Are the following data public: A
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Advisory Opinion 95-041 95-041Is X entitled to gain access to a copy of the investigative report, of which he is the subject, that the members of the Mahnomen County Board reviewed and discussed publicly at one of their regularly scheduled meetings?
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Advisory Opinion 95-040 95-040Is a written proposal for settlement of litigation, which has been submitted to the Tri-County Solid Waste Commission, government data? If the settlement proposal is government data, is it classified as not public by an…
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Advisory Opinion 95-039 95-039Does the
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Advisory Opinion 95-038 95-038Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13 and Section 626.557, does an individual have the right to gain access to data about her/himself maintained by an agency which has investigated an allegation of maltreatment of a…
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Advisory Opinion 95-037 95-037Is Anoka County required to provide access to original mechanic's lien filings? Is the County required to provide access to mechanic's lien filings on a timely basis? Must the County permit members of the public to insp…
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Advisory Opinion 95-036 95-036Does an individual have a right, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13, to gain access to the data collected and recorded on ICRs that have been maintained by the LeSueur County Sheriff's office since 1991? Does an …
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Advisory Opinion 95-035 95-035Is the Brooklyn Park Police Civil Service Commission aData subjects Educational data Informed consent Personnel data Tennessen warning #Civil investigative data (13.39) #Consent needed for new use of data if notice was not given #Data necessary for administration and management of programs (13.05, subd. 3) #Informed consent #Mental impressions (See: Keezer v. Spickard, 493 N.W.2d 614)
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Advisory Opinion 95-034 95-034What data about former public employees are public? If disciplinary action has been taken against a public employee, are the following data relating to the disciplinary action public: specific reasons for the action and…
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Advisory Opinion 95-033 95-033Must the Office of Administrative Hearings provide Mr. Vail with access to data that provide the basis for the issuance of an
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Advisory Opinion 95-032 95-032May a law enforcement agency, which maintains videotapes and photographs that are part of an inactive investigative file, classify same videotapes and photographs as nonpublic data when those videotapes and photographs …
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Advisory Opinion 95-031 95-031When an individual supplies private data about her/himself to a government entity and one of the entity's employees disseminates that data to another employee whose work assignment does not reasonably require access to …
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Advisory Opinion 95-030 95-030Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 13.03, what is the City's obligation to provide public access to three-year-old City council meeting minutes? Pursuant to Section 13.08, must a person who is denied access to publi…
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Advisory Opinion 95-029 95-029Are data collected by the City of Waterville Police Department and recorded on ICRs (Initial Call Reports) public data? Are data collected and recorded on the City of Waterville Police Department dispatch logs public da…
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Advisory Opinion 95-028 95-028Is a
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Advisory Opinion 95-027 95-027Is the written reprimand issued to the officer the
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Advisory Opinion 95-026 95-026Is a parent of one of the students involved in the incident entitled to a copy of the sexual harassment report? If so, must any portions of the document be redacted? If so, which specific portions?
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Advisory Opinion 95-025 95-025Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13, is Vadnais Heights required to calculate the amount of a pending assessment on a particular parcel of property when a member of the public so requests?